ARCH ENEMY: New Support Acts For U.K. Tour Announced

August 11, 2010

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will embark on the "The United Kingdom Of Heavy Metal" U.K. tour in November with support from GRAND MAGUS, MALEFICE and CHTHONIC.

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 23 - Academy - Manchester, UK
Nov. 24 - Garage - Glasgow, UK
Nov. 25 - Wulfren Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
Nov. 27 - HMV Forum - London, UK

Commented ARCH ENEMY singer Angela Gossow: "Good things don't come easy, do they?

"After an abbreviated tour start under the blackened volcanic ash skies back in April, we had to find new allies for the battle for these rescheduled dates.

"Well, we are back — stronger than ever! With our fellow countrymen and heavy metal masters GRAND MAGUS, U.K. thrashers MALEFICE and black metal artists CHTHONIC, we are ready to conquer the United Kingdom Of Heavy Metal!

"Let the killing begin… in November!"

In an interview with The Aquarian Weekly, ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott stated about the band's decision to re-record older material for the "The Root Of All Evil" album, "We started talking about doing something like this three, four years ago. The initial idea came from the fans really, they kept asking us if we'd ever consider re-recording some of the older material, this time with Angela [Gossow] on vocals. At first, I couldn't see the appeal of doing it, but as time passed and more and more people were asking about it, we decided to give it a shot, and I must say that it was a fun project. I found it quite refreshing to go in the studio and record the songs and make them sound fresh and exciting."

When asked how faithful the band wanted the "Root" CD to be true to the original recordings, Amott said, "We weren't that concerned with staying 100 percent true to the original versions. These are new interpretations of the old songs. If anyone wants to hear the original recordings of the songs, they can listen to the old albums. We wanted to to give our favorites from those early albums an 'extreme makeover' and make them harder and tougher. We wanted the songs to sound like ARCH ENEMY right here and now, a worthy tribute to the first chapter in the band's history."

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